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  • Like a Fine Magical Wine (Midlife Witchery, #6) by Brenda Trim

    Like a Fine Magical Wine (Midlife Witchery, #6) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After a harrowing visit to the Underworld, I finally shifted into my Phoenix. Flying doesn't stop Fate from insisting that I fight for my life, though. All of these brushes with death are for the birds.Catching the local murderer red-handed should have put a stop to the constant danger I'm in...
  • My Magical Life to Live (Midlife Witchery, #4) by Brenda Trim

    My Magical Life to Live (Midlife Witchery, #4) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There's no magic in any realm that can fix this mess. I've just got to dig in and get to work.One day I'm fighting beside my best friends in the Fae realm, and the next I can't light a candle without burning down my house.I always thought witches weren't supposed to have hot flashes unless we were cursed.But then the day came when I discovered that I'm cursed...
  • Queen Fae by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Queen Fae by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When the fae kidnapped Violet they underestimated Arianna, Queen of the wolf shifters. There was literally nothing she wouldn't do to save her best friend. Which is why she sets out with her mate and pack of dominants to rescue the magic born from the fae lands. As she expected the Otherworld is fraught with danger, but there is one thing which takes her completely by surprise...
  • Magical Yule Tidings (Midlife Witchery #7) by Brenda Trim

    Magical Yule Tidings (Midlife Witchery #7) by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I've mastered my magic, faced down demons, and killed an evil Fae king. There isn't much I can't do. Except tell my kids I'm a powerful witch-Fae hybrid.My kids return home to Pymm's Pondside for the holidays. Before I can tell them about my magic, a pixie, and a mermaid blow my cover. Their shock is expected, but not their anger...
  • A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secrets define her past… Dangerous visions threaten her future… Framed for a crime she didn’t commit… Whom can she...
  • Trapped Wishes: A Genie and Her Goon by B. Love

    Trapped Wishes: A Genie and Her Goon by B. Love

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Genevieve “Genie” Yates has been trapped inside of her lamp for two-hundred years because a previous master, Quenton, was in love with her and she didn’t feel the same way. Anger, hurt, shame, and embarrassment caused Quenton to trap Genie and toss her out into the sea. Genie has been cursed to have every man that she encounters to fall in love with her, but she is never able to return that love...
  • An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    An Iron Fey Valentine by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    AN IRON FEY VALENTINE is a story of pure, unfiltered fluff that Julie Kagawa wrote just for fun, but also a thank you to her readers and fans for all their support and encouragement over the years...
  • Breath of Frost by Cate Corvin

    Breath of Frost by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If I thought working for one Fae fixer was hard, working for two should be great.Jack Frost stole me away from Avilion for more than kicks and giggles: someone is plotting an attempt on Queen Nicnevin's life, and I'm just the dryad to help hunt down the assassin.But the underworld of Annwyn holds more than just knives in the shadows—it holds the secrets of my past and future...
    Categorized as:
    fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  royalty  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Shadow Faerie by Rachel Morgan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enter the dazzling and deadly world of Unseelie royalty in the penultimate Creepy Hollow book!Emerson Clarke thought magic might solve all her problems. Turns out, magic only made her life more complicated. Her sick mother is in a worse position than before, and Em just made a risky deal with an Unseelie prince: he will heal her mother if Em agrees to the ultimate alliance—marriage...
    Categorized as:
    fae  paranormal  magic  royalty  myths  romance  fantasy  young-adult
  • Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Jinxed by Rachel Rener

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I keep telling myself things could be worse.Okay, so my mom's been harboring some hefty family secrets. Big deal.And, yeah, maybe there are still two or three teensy details about Zayn that I don't know – his backstory, his private life, or his real name, for starters.Oh, and let's not forget that there's a bloodthirsty, power-hungry, magical mob boss who's due to appear at any moment. No biggie...
    Categorized as:
    fae  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Stone Song by Tricia O'Malley

    Stone Song by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling author, Tricia O’Malley, comes a riveting new magickal romance set in modern day Dublin. Clare MacBride has her life in exactly the order she wants it. In a year, she’ll have finished her geology dissertation, though she’s no closer to figuring out the answer to one question that plagues her...
  • In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    In Sea-Salt Tears by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was 1972, and a teenage girl named Elizabeth Ryan thought that her world was coming to an end. Elizabeth was the daughter of two Selkies, you see, and she had just been passed up for a skin. But then a mysterious cousin who calls herself Annie appears, and Elizabeth finds other things to think about...It can be easy to forget that worlds don't wait for heroes before they begin...
    Categorized as:
    fae  fairy-tale  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  adult  book
  • Hidden Magic by Amy Patrick

    Hidden Magic by Amy Patrick

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The evil of the Ancient Court is spreading... Macy Moreno has been through hell. She only survived because the guy she loved — Nicolo Buonaccorsi — sacrificed his own life to save her. Though she’s discovered there’s much more to the world than she ever imagined, as far as Macy is concerned, all its magic died with him. She’s alive, but her heart will never recover...
  • Rapunzel and the Griffin Prince: An Adult Fairytale Romance by Vivienne Savage

    Rapunzel and the Griffin Prince: An Adult Fairytale Romance by Vivienne Savage

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Undertake a magical journey in Vivienne Savage's new romantic fantasy series loosely based on the lore of multiple fairy tales. Meet strong heroines supported by a cast of sexy heroes, intriguing friends, and devious villains. As always, the story is predominant with an intimate scene or two -- or even an innocence-claiming reformed manwhore...
    Categorized as:
    fairy-tale  magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  royalty  adult  book
  • The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech

    The Dark Deceit by Emma V. Leech

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dangerous secret lies at the heart of the Fae Lands. A secret that could save three kingdoms - or burn them all to the ground. The secret is Prince Corin's to bear alone, if his sanity can stand it. But while Corin suffers, his mother's machinations continue and queen Audrianne makes plans of her own to secure their realm's future...
  • Storm Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Storm Bear by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Together they will reap the whirlwind... Sabrina is a weather witch losing control. Everything she touches seems to fall apart and tornadoes are whirling down Main Street in the small shifter town in the Canadian Rockies where she's lived for the past couple of years. Ace is a bear shifter on walkabout without his brothers for the first time in a long time...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  mermaids  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa

    The Iron Legends by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Summer, Winter, Iron.Together at last.Dangerous faeries. Heartbreaking romance. Thrilling action and limitless adventure. The world of the fey has never been so powerful. This collection includes three novellas set in the world of The Iron Fey plus the expanded Guide to the Nevernever and exclusive information about Julie Kagawa's unforgettable world of Faery...
  • The Selkie Sorceress by Sophie Moss

    The Selkie Sorceress by Sophie Moss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    American detective Sam Holt has a knack for finding people who shouldn't be found. When his last case almost killed an innocent woman, he swore off detective work forever. But when that same woman asks him for one last investigation--to find her husband's long lost mother--Sam cannot refuse...
  • Queen of Ice and Snow by Bekah Harris

    Queen of Ice and Snow by Bekah Harris

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Ivy Hawthorne of the human realm is dead. Her innocence was buried with Prince Ardan, who sacrificed his own life for hers. Now standing in her place is Ivy, Queen of the Winter Court--whose sole desire is to protect her Fae and avenge the death of her beloved prince...
  • Shadow by Kara Swanson

    Shadow by Kara Swanson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Peter Pan has crash-landed back on Neverland. But this is not the island he remembers.Desperate to rescue Claire and the fractured Lost Boys, Peter must unravel what truly tore his dreamland apart. But with each step, he is haunted by more of his own broken memories. Not even Pan himself is what he seems...
  • Iron Master by Jennifer Ashley

    Iron Master by Jennifer Ashley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Stuart Reid is an Iron Master—a Dark Fae with a rare ability to make iron do his bidding. Exiled by the High Fae who fear him, he now lives in a simple house in Shiftertown outside Las Vegas, watching over Peigi, a bear Shifter woman, and the cubs she cares for. Peigi, rescued from an evil Shifter and welcomed into the Vegas Shiftertown, knows Reid and the cubs have helped her survive and heal...
  • Siren's Song by Dana Marie Bell

    Siren's Song by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A crescendo of evil could destroy their perfect harmony.The Gray Court, Book 5Oberon is well and truly lost, with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or where he’s going. One woman makes his palms sweat and his heart race, a woman with turquoise eyes and a beautiful voice. Instinct tells him she’s the only one who can save him...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  mermaids  myths  paranormal  royalty  adult  amnesia
  • Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson

    Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sadie never dreamed she would see the world of Ambrosia with her own two eyes, just like Rayne never believed he would have the chance to share it with her. Finally, they can be together without any lies, without hiding who they are, in a world that shines brighter than Sadie could ever imagine. There’s only one problem...
  • Bless Your Heart by Kimbra Swain

    Bless Your Heart by Kimbra Swain

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Scorned by her family. Banished by her kind. Hunted by zealots.Where does an exiled Fairy Queen hide?A remote mountain cabin, the seedy underbelly of a metropolis, or an uninhabited island. All would be good choices, however, after hundreds of years on the run, the daughter of Oberon, King of the Wild Fairies, signs a binding contract with the zealots that hunt her...
    Categorized as:
    fae  fairy-tale  magic  myths  paranormal  royalty  abuse  adult
  • The Law of Stars and Sultans by Samantha Young, S. Young

    The Law of Stars and Sultans by Samantha Young, S. Young

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling author Samantha Young writing as S. YoungPreviously released in 2013 under the title Darkness, Kindled (A Fire Spirits Novel)The Law of Stars and Sultans is the action-packed final installment in the epic romantic fantasy series Seven Kings of Jinn.Ari Johnson wishes adjusting to living with her boyfriend was her only source of excitement and anxiety...
  • Hidden Heart by Amy Patrick

    Hidden Heart by Amy Patrick

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    17-year-old Ryann Carroll thought she knew who she was... a small-town Southern girl just trying to survive her parents' messy divorce and find some peace for herself. She thought she knew what she wanted... a summer job, a car, a first date that didn't suck, and NO complications from a serious relationship-any guy in her life would simply be icing on the cake. But now..
  • Lost Files of the M.B.R.C. by K.M. Shea

    Lost Files of the M.B.R.C. by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Lost Files of the MBRC is an anthology of five MBRC short stories--three of which have never before been released.When Morgan decided to stay employed at the Magical Beings’ Rehabilitation Center, she thought her life might quiet down as she started college and developed her career. She thought wrong...
  • Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Dragon Crowned by Haley Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know it’s time to reconsider your life choices when…Where do I start?Technically, it could have been worse. My visit to the dragon enclave could’ve ended with me being eaten. Somehow I survived—with a few new bruises—and now all I want is to go home. Back to Twenty-third Street. Back to my house, my cat, and my grumpy, bathrobe-wearing gargoyle roommate...
    Categorized as:
    fae  female-mc  magic  paranormal  book  contemporary  dragons  fiction
  • Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage

    Zarina and the Djinn by Vivienne Savage

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zarina has sacrificed years caring for her alcoholic father. While she works, he pawns her deceased mother's belongings and gambles away the family income. Her greatest dream is to leave the city behind, but loyalty to her father and brother keeps her at home. Then one night, she meets a kind stranger, a mysterious traveler whose eyes burn golden beneath the moonlight...
  • The HOOK by Jenny Hickman

    The HOOK by Jenny Hickman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tomorrow isn’t promised, no matter how immortal you think you are. In the aftermath of Vivienne’s capture, she discovers she's destined to become one of the forgetful P.A.N. The devastating diagnosis leaves her questioning her relationships—and her place in Neverland. While on her second recruitment mission, she ignores a cardinal rule, and one of her fellow P.A.N...
  • Royally Screwed by Godiva Glenn

    Royally Screwed by Godiva Glenn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Otherworld Shifters #1 - STANDALONE One sultry BBW + A too hot to resist fae shifter duke = Pure Magic Brook Donovan isn't looking to settle for a 'possible' happily ever after. She wants all or nothing, and all includes charm, intellect, frequent flier miles, and hot sex. Unfortunately, her high demands haven't attracted anyone even close...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  paranormal  royalty  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Kathy by T.L. Haddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Women's Fiction Romance Life changed forever for Kathy Browning one tragic, fateful day in 1960 when her husband murdered their children, another man, and himself in front of her. Three years later, she's battling serious depression, still trying to pick up enough shattered pieces of what's left to continue living...
  • Flipped Off by Zenina Masters

    Flipped Off by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A mermaid with no interest in a mate is pursued by a dolphin shifter who won’t be flipped off.Lorai needs humans to live. Her particular magic feeds off joy and goodwill. Human laughter fills her with power. It works with shifters, too...
    Categorized as:
    fae  mermaids  myths  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Rose Gate: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Hanna Sandvig

    The Rose Gate: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Hanna Sandvig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once upon a time, a girl from our world found a gate to the Faerie realm... All Isobel wants is a quiet place to read, but apparently that's too much to ask. She only needs to make it through one last summer with her broken family before she can leave for university and get on with her life. At least she has her books and the solitude of the woods. But there are wolves in these woods...
  • Goldilocks and the Bear by Vivienne Savage

    Goldilocks and the Bear by Vivienne Savage

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lady Victoria hungers for excitement, but how can she find it while cloistered in her cousin's castle? Encouraged to journey north to pursue an adventure of her own, an abandoned lodge seems as fine a place as any to stop for rest. Ramsay is a shifter without a mate...
  • Ember by Mindy Hayes

    Ember by Mindy Hayes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One decision changed her life forever. One choice could seal her fate for eternity. By accepting her destiny, Calliope entered the enchanting world of Faylinn. What she wasn’t prepared for were all the compromises she would be forced to make. After being thrown into her duties as queen, it’s clear she must pick her battles wisely or risk loosing the respect of her kingdom...
  • Jailer to the Death God by Rebecca F. Kenney

    Jailer to the Death God by Rebecca F. Kenney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Standalone Dark Rulers Romance Vale has lost everything to the plague--friends, servants, and almost the entire royal family. Newly crowned as queen of a dying nation, she determines to stop the tide of grief by summoning and ensnaring Arawn, the Death God himself. But Arawn is none too happy at the human queen's attempt to control him, and he's determined to teach her a lesson...
  • Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick

    Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A hero can come from the unlikeliest of places... After a year-long separation and a search across continents, Macy and Nic have found each other again. Now they must find her family — the birth mother who abandoned her at the hospital and fled back to her people’s secret sanctuary — if they are to beat the clock and save the human race from the onslaught of the coming Plague...
  • Wolf at the Door by Hailey Edwards

    Wolf at the Door by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lorimar Pack, Book 2 Prison is no one's idea of a good time, and it's even worse for Dell. Confinement has her inner wolf snarling as she paces their cell, and there's no end in sight. Just as she reaches her breaking point, the pack liaison shows up with an offer she can’t refuse. Dell’s freedom in exchange for going to Faerie and recapturing the fae prince responsible for her current digs...
  • Hook's Pan by Marie Hall

    Hook's Pan by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trishelle Page has known pain in her life, but instead of it making her weak, she's stronger. Confident. That is until the day a fairy kidnaps her during her staring role in Peter Pan's play and tells her not only do fairy tales exist, but that she's the soulmate of the pirate they call Hook, making her question everything she ever thought she knew...
  • Untamed by A.G. Howard, Nathalia Suellen

    Untamed by A.G. Howard, Nathalia Suellen

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A post-Ensnared collection of three stories—available in both print and e-versions.Alyssa Gardner went down the rabbit hole and took control of her destiny. She survived the battle for Wonderland and the battle for her heart. In this collection of three novellas, join Alyssa and her family as they look back at their memories of Wonderland...
  • Christmas in Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    Christmas in Atlantis by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I don’t want to need you more than air, or light, or life, but I do. You own me now—body and what’s left of my blackened soul—and I’ll never let you go. - Dare to Lyric The Gift of the Magi…in Atlantis Warrior-turned-pirate Dare is the black sheep of all Atlantis. He’s enraged Poseidon, the sea god, so much that he had to forfeit his ship and the water spirit who inhabits it...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  magic  mermaids  myths  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Atone by Jessica Grey

    Atone by Jessica Grey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Becca Ward knows that magic is real...Two years ago not only had she and her best friend Alex found a real-life Sleeping Beauty in the middle of Los Angeles, they also discovered that they were powerful in their own right. They’ve managed to keep both their fae powers and their friend Lilia’s identity as a medieval princess a secret and live a normal life...
  • Trial by Heist by Kel Carpenter, Carrie Whitethorne

    Trial by Heist by Kel Carpenter, Carrie Whitethorne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trial by Heist is a full-length novella set in between Heir of Shadows and Scion of Midnight. This book is told from Johanna’s perspective.The Mother will guide you. The dragon will call.I used to believe that. I used to believe a lot of things.My name is Johanna Kozak, and I have spent over a decade living in the shadows of our very dark world...
  • Wet and Wired by Zenina Masters

    Wet and Wired by Zenina Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was just there to work, until she tangled with a man who smelled of sea and sunlight. Electricity and water mix surprisingly well.Leda was at the Crossroads to do a job. She was hooking up the WiFi and thinking about getting home. A special request from the Guardians diverted her plans and had her working at the side of a lovely merman, but she still wanted to head home...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  mermaids  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Finding Beauty in the Beast by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee

    Finding Beauty in the Beast by Jessilyn Stewart Peaslee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Rose's fiery temper has kept every potential suitor away...until now. After being spurned and humiliated for the last time, the princes forces every eligible man to present a gift to her under pain of death. The man who brings her the best gift will be chosen as her husband. When Corbin presents his gift, he hopes that his simple offering will keep him safely overlooked...
  • The Siren and the Scholar by J.M. Stengl

    The Siren and the Scholar by J.M. Stengl

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can true love survive when memories are stolen away? When Kamoana the siren is transformed into human shape, she knows that her mother, the powerful sahira Queen Pukai, laid the spell on her, but she can't remember why...
  • Cinder Ellie by J.M. Stengl

    Cinder Ellie by J.M. Stengl

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bestselling romance novelist J.M. Stengl steps into the realm of fairy tales with this sparkling new series of love, laughter, light, and—of course—magic. Trained by an enchantress but obliged to work summers for her living, fifteen-year-old Ellie Calmer serves as a maid at a world-famous mountain resort...
  • The Mermaid Trials by Cameron Drake

    The Mermaid Trials by Cameron Drake

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Losing is dangerous. Winning means everything. Katriana has been waiting for this moment her entire life. Once a century, the Royals hold the Trials. Every Mer of a certain age must participate. The contests are brutal. Survival is not guaranteed. But for the victors, the prize is unimaginable. They are allowed to walk on land...
  • Hollowfell Huntress by Kate Avery Ellison

    Hollowfell Huntress by Kate Avery Ellison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The exciting third installment in the Spellwood Academy series! Kyra still isn't sure exactly who wants her dead, but she's getting closer to the truth. After a betrayal from someone she deeply cares about, though, she isn't even sure she cares. But as the autumnal fae holiday of Hollowfell approaches, something disastrous is happening on Spellwood Academy's campus...
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